Director
Leonid Gaidai
January 30, 1923 · Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
Leonid Iovich Gaidai (Russian: Леони́д Ио́вич Гайда́й; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993; Svobodny) was a Soviet comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and were some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy".
Notable work
Often works with
Georgiy Vitsin
10 titles together
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures, Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, 12 Chairs
Sergei Filippov
9 titles together
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, 12 Chairs, SportLotto - 82
Nina Grebeshkova
9 titles together
The Diamond Arm, Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, 12 Chairs
Mikhail Pugovkin
7 titles together
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures, Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, 12 Chairs
Yuriy Nikulin
7 titles together
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures, The Diamond Arm, Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Natalya Krachkovskaya
7 titles together
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, 12 Chairs, It Can't Be!
Full filmography · 27
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
as Crazy casino player (uncredited) and Director and Writer
19935.9
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
Director and Writer
1989
Dangerous for Your Life!
Director and Writer
19856.7
SportLotto - 82
Director and Writer
19826.8
Heirloom
Director
1981
For the Matches
Director
19806.3
Incognito from St.Petersburg
Director
1978
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
cast
1977
It Can't Be!
Director
19757.3
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Director
19737.9
12 Chairs
as Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited) and Director and Writer
19717.7
The Diamond Arm
as drunkard (uncredited) and Director and Writer
19697.7